A new view of how the brain decides to make an effort How the human ventral striatum kicks in during decision-making Date: December 3, 2020 Source: ...

The ventral striatum, located deep within the brain's cerebral hemispheres, is an area associated with movement and mediating rewarding experiences and motivation.

A visual pathway in the brain may do more than recognize objects New research using computational vision models suggests the brain's 'ventral stream' might be more versatile than previously thought ...

The article, "Reward enhances connectivity between the ventral striatum and the default mode network," (doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119398) was epublished on June 18, 2022, in NeuroImage.

There’s a region in our midbrain called the substantia nigra/ventral segmental area or SN/VTA. This is essentially the major “novelty center” of the brain, which responds to novel stimuli.

The researchers report in the Journal of Neuroscience that when mice allowed to exercise regularly experienced a stressor — exposure to cold water — their brains exhibited a spike in the activity of ...

Next the team presented rats with a different set of options—either the maltodextrin drink or plain water. In this scenario, when rats got maltodextrin, ventral pallidum neurons fired liked they had ...

For the first time, researchers have discovered that the ventral tegmental area (VTA) of the brain—a key structure involved in motivation and reward appreciation—has altered connectivity ...

Prosopagnosics have impaired face recognition, but make relatively normal responses to face stimuli in core brain regions for face recognition. The authors now report that it is the connectivity ...